New Testament subjects
New Testament subjects
CORNELIUS BLOEMAERT (1603-92)
The Adoration of the Shepherds
c.1637-1658Engraving | 44.7 x 59.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850302
An engraving after a painting now in the Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford (inv. no. 88) where it is attributed to Girolamo da Treviso. Signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the painting to Raphael, dedication to Ferdinand III by Giovanni Battista Franceschi, and publication details.
Ruland (1876) catalogued this painting as a lost work by Raphael called the "Nativity of the Canossa family". Passavant, quoting Giorgio Vasari's description of a Birth of Christ with St Anne by Raphael, also believed the painting to be lost (see Bibliographic References). The only known painting by Raphael which was previously in the collection of the Count Canossa is a Holy Family, now in the Prado, Madrid (inv. no. P000301), which is commonly known as 'La Perla'. See RCIN 851004 for a photograph of the painting. The painting that Passavant and Ruland correctly recognised as 'La Perla' is probably the one that Vasari describes as a Birth of Christ with St Anne (now at the Prado), while the one reproduced in this print bears no relationship with the Canossa family or the description by Vasari.
Ruland (1876) catalogued this painting as a lost work by Raphael called the "Nativity of the Canossa family". Passavant, quoting Giorgio Vasari's description of a Birth of Christ with St Anne by Raphael, also believed the painting to be lost (see Bibliographic References). The only known painting by Raphael which was previously in the collection of the Count Canossa is a Holy Family, now in the Prado, Madrid (inv. no. P000301), which is commonly known as 'La Perla'. See RCIN 851004 for a photograph of the painting. The painting that Passavant and Ruland correctly recognised as 'La Perla' is probably the one that Vasari describes as a Birth of Christ with St Anne (now at the Prado), while the one reproduced in this print bears no relationship with the Canossa family or the description by Vasari.
Creator(s)
Cornelius Bloemaert (1603-92) (engraver)
After Girolamo da Treviso (active c 1497-1544) (artist)
After a work previously attributed to Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Franceschi, Joannes Baptista : (publisher)
44.7 x 59.1 cm (sheet of paper)
41.9 x 58.8 cm (image)
Sacrae Caserae Maiestati Ferdinando III. Romanorum Imperatori semper..
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Nativity of Christ
- Infancy of Christ
- Angels, demons, devils, saints
- Angels
- Life of Christ
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p. 182, no. A XII.3 (entry written by Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinó) (Raphael Invenit 1985 : Bernini Pezzini, G. et al., 1985. Raphael Invenit. Stampe di Raffaello nelle Collezioni dell'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Rome)
pp. 73-73, no. 88 (Shaw 1967 : Shaw, JB, 1967. Paintings by Old Masters at Christ Church, Oxford)
